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#C3a, 24c Carmine rose and blue, Center Inverted, pos. 39, an extraordinarily choice and exceptionally fresh mint example of this coveted and storied error rarity, wonderfully well centered amid large margins, beautiful rich colors on crisp clean paper, while full and even perforations all around further enhance its considerable eye-appeal, plus its reverse reveals full original gum which is quite lightly hinged, light pencil number "39" at bottom right as marked by Eugene Klein on all positions on the sheet of 100, choice very fine; one of the highest graded mint examples; 1970 PF certificate #33198 (not present) and 2019 PF certificate (VF-XF 85). The 1918 Twenty Four Cent Inverted Jenny is one of the most recognized and desirable rarities in all of philately. Its legendary status began the moment the stamp was issued in May, 1918, when William T. Robey purchased the entire error sheet of 100 at the New York Avenue Post Office window in Washington D.C. - May 14th - just one day after the stamp was issued. Within one week Robey had sold the sheet for $15,000.00 to the well-known Philadelphia stamp dealer Eugene Klein (an impressive return on his initial $24.00 investment). Shortly thereafter Mr. Klein sold the sheet to the renowned, yet eccentric collector, Col. Edward H.R. Green for $20,000.00. Col. Green asked Klein to break up the sheet for him into singles and blocks, then instructed him to sell all but the few key position blocks. What is puzzling is how, given the immediate attention created by a spectacular new error, so many of the stamps from the sheet have been poorly handled and stored over the years. In fact, there are still examples whose whereabouts are unknown and which may be lost to philately. A great many of the copies have varying degrees of faults and some even have lost all of their original gum. Improper hinging has caused a significant number of the faults, often thinning or creasing the stamps and nineteen have or had straight edges, one was even sucked up in a vacuum cleaner. This example from the exceptional Gross collection, which last sold publicly on the instructions of Mr. Norman Newman in a 27 September, 1995 Christie's auction $135,000.00 hammer, which was full Scott catalog value at the time (the current Scott catalog value is $450,000.00 for VF) is among the finest singles copies of the 24c Jenny with inverted center extant, the most famous and widely recognized stamp in philately. It has previously graced the collections of Colonel Edward H.R. Green, J.K. Storrow, Henry B. Close and several anonymous collectors. It has also been handled by such noteworthy professionals as Eugene Klein, Raymond H. Weill, Daniel F. Kelleher and Irwin Weinberg. (Image)
#1, 5c Brown, large even margins all around, deep rich color and strong impression on fresh paper, used with neat red New York grid cancel, extremely fine; 2018 PSE certificate (XF 90; SMQ $650.00). (Image)
#2, 10c Black, ample to mostly large margins all around, strong color and detailed impression on crisp clean paper, light circular grid cancel, extremely fine; 2017 PF certificate. (Image)
#3, 5c Red brown reproduction, without gum as issued, ample equal margins all around, rich color and sharp impression on fresh paper, very fine; 2017 PSE certificate. (Image)
#4, 10c Black reproduction, without gum as issued, four ample to mostly large margins, including a partial sheet-margin at top, bright and fresh, two very light ironed-out creases, very fine appearance; 2012 Weiss certificate. (Image)
#10A, 3c Orange brown, Ty. II, unused, pos. 32L0, margins large to just cutting frame line at bottom right, rich true shade on fresh white paper, fine; 2017 PSE certificate. (Image)
#16, 10c Green, Ty. IV, pos. 64L, outer lines recut at top and bottom, ample to large margins all around, bright and fresh, tiny corner crease at top right well clear of design that could easily be cut away, otherwise very fine. (Image)
#18, 20, 1c Blue Ty. I and Ty. II, vertical combination pair, the bottom stamp Ty. I, used with light blue grid cancel, the bottom stamp with a short perf. and the top stamp with some nibbed perfs. at right, otherwise fine; 2018 PF certificate. (Image)
CV. $900.00
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Sale No: 171
Lot No: 110
Symbol: o
Cat No: 20 var.
#20 var., 1c Blue, Ty. II, Plate 11, choice used example from this scarce plate, precisely centered, rich color and crisp impression on fresh white paper, full perforations all around, sock-on-the-nose grid cancel, extremely fine; 2012 PF certificate. (Image)
#21, 1c Blue, Ty. III, fresh used example showing a wide break at top, rich plate 4 color, very light and unobtrusive cancel, short lower right corner perf. tip, otherwise fine; 2017 PSAG certificate. (Image)
#21, 22, 1c Blue, Ty. III and Ty. IIIa, vertical combination pair, pos. 48 and 58R4, the top stamp Ty. III, intense plate 4 color, cancelled by blue grid of thin bars, very good; 1979 PF certificate. (Image)
#40P3-47P3, 1c-90c 1857 Reprints, plate proofs on India cplt., each with ample to large margins all around, vivid rich colors, fine-very fine set; 12c-90c each accompanied by 1989 PF certificate. (Image)
CV. $790.00
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1861-1866 ISSUES 63 - 101
Sale No: 171
Lot No: 118
Symbol: E
Cat No: 63-E11c/72-E7e
#63-E11c/72-E7e, 1861 1c, 5c, 12c, 30c and 90c "August" issue plate proofs on India, a group of five different values, all with large margins, except the 30c just touching at left, 1c and 90c small thinned spots, otherwise very fine; a very scarce group of seldom seen "August" issue proofs; 5c accompanied by a 1991 PF certificate. (Image)
CV. $1,900.00
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Sale No: 171
Lot No: 119
Symbol: *
Cat No: 65-E15h
#62BP3, 10c Dark green "August" issue, plate proof on India, ample to large margins, several small faults, very fine appearance; scarcer than its catalog value would indicate; 2011 Weiss certificate. (Image)
